US issues license allowing transactions with some Venezuelan banks

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Department Of The Treasury on day two of a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 1, 2026. (REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo)

WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - The Trump administration issued two new Venezuela-related general licenses on Tuesday, including one that allows financial transactions involving certain Venezuelan banks and Venezuelan government individuals, according to documents posted to the U.S. Treasury Department's website.

The documents published by the Treasury Department said that financial transactions will be permitted for Venezuela's central bank, which was sanctioned in April 2019, as well as for the state-owned banks Venezuela, Tesoro, and Digital de los Trabajadores.

(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis and Ismail Shakil; Editing by David Ljunggren and Daina Beth Solomon)